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The Canadian Army and the Normandy Campaign

by (author) John English

Publisher
Stackpole Books
Initial publish date
Nov 2009
Category
General, Canada
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780811735766
    Publish Date
    Nov 2009
    List Price
    $28.95

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Honest reappraisal of the Canadian experience in Normandy
Special focus on the struggle to close the Falaise Gap
Relies on archival records, including Bernard Montgomery's personal correspondence

John A. English presents a detailed examination of the role of the Canadian Army in Normandy from the D-Day landings in June 1944 though the closing of the Falaise Gap in August. He has also written Patton's Peers (9780811705011). He lives in Canada.

About the author

John English Department of History, University of Waterloo, is the author of The Decline of Politics: The Conservatives and the Party System, Robert Borden: His Life and World, and co-author of Canada Since 1945: Power, Politics, and Provincialism.

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